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Welcome to the Young Pioneer Tours blog about everything North Korea, and all of our other special off the beaten the track destinations.
Since starting in 2008 we have seen blogging about North Korea and our other great destinations as a great way to engage with our customers and to show the world a slice of life in the great destinations we visit.
Due to the mass amount of great content we create, as well as receive from our Pioneers we have since started our travel lifestyle magazine “The Young Pioneer”.
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GUEST POST – North Korea, What I saw, What I didn’t See!
April 29, 2013 / by Alistair Riddell
Words and photos by C. McGrane. So much media hype and “He said, she said…” surrounds the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, possibly earth’s most secretive nation at the moment. Not a whole lot of reliable or factual information is available about …
Rason Day 4 and the March to Ordos
April 20, 2013 / by Gareth Johnson
(original post courtesy of Gareth’s blog) Our last day in Rason started pretty early as it was to encompass our slow stroll back to China, via 3 points pass, the place where China, Russia, and the DPRK traverse. On this particular morning morning we we …
So much communist kitsch, so little time
April 12, 2013 / by Gareth Johnson
(original story courtesy of Gareth’s blog) Last year at a DPRK pre-meeting, me and of the customers, Darmon Richter, got to chatting about our things to do in Beijing, which led us onto Mao’s secret underground city (which alas you can’t go to), and ev …
Development of Ryugyong Hotel suspended
April 11, 2013 / by Gareth Johnson
LONDON – Luxury hotel operators Kempinski have told NK NEWS that plans to open rooms at the 105 floor Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang have been put on hold because of “market conditions” in North Korea. Kempinski stunned the world last November when Chief …
Win a free trip to the DPRK!
April 10, 2013 / by Gareth Johnson
On May 1st YPT will be doing our yearly win a free trip to the DPRK. To qualify, simply like our page and share a link to it on your wall, or follow us on Twitter. On May 1st, live from our tour in Cuba marking May Day we will be doing the live draw. T …
Getting down with the kids (Rason Day 2)
April 10, 2013 / by Gareth Johnson
Unsurprisingly after our somewhat momentous night in Yanji and our first day in Rason, we started day 2 having all had quite the sleep the night before, and thus fairly bright eyed and bushy tailed. Stop one of the day took us to the Rajin revolutionar …
Rason SeZ
March 28, 2013 / by Gareth Johnson
You could in some kind of weird way separate the DPRK into two parts, the mainland, and the Rason SeZ, in some very small ways vaguely analogous to China and Hong Kong, with one part being Socialist, and the other being (in some ways at least), capital …
Socialismo o muerte!
March 13, 2013 / by Gareth Johnson
May Day is holiday that has survived the passage of time and is a national holiday in more than 80 countries and celebrated unofficially in many other countries Originating as a pagan holiday marking a cross quarter day in the wheel of the ye …
Dennis Rodman meets Kim Jong Un
February 28, 2013 / by Gareth Johnson
It has apparently just been confirmed by Associated Press that Dennis Rodman met Leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang this evening, 28th February 2013, amazingly with Vice magazine. Alas this is not something we anticipate being added to our itineraries for …
